Pat Goodberry-Dyck – Custom Learning Solutions
James Robbins turns stages into summits. Named one of America’s top leadership speakers by INC Magazine, James blends adventure with practical leadership lessons to help people grow.
With 3,000+ presentations delivered, his stories inspire, his strategies stick—and his message moves teams to climb higher.
Mark Stabier - Regional VP
Inspire your team with keynotes that move people—and performance. James combines powerful stories with practical insights to spark action, shift mindsets, and elevate leadership at every level.
The Simple Framework Turning Thousands of Managers into Leaders
The first paycheck comes from the company, and it gets people to show up. The second comes from their leader, and it gets them to bring their heart.
Inside every employee is a set of core human needs that drive engagement, effort, and loyalty. When leaders meet them, people bring their best. When they go unmet, no paycheck will hold your best people.
In this keynote, James Robbins combines stories from his mountain adventures with leadership truths and a dead-simple framework, used by tens of thousands of managers worldwide, to help leaders pay the second paycheck in just minutes a week.
Audience members will leave inspired, equipped, and knowing exactly what to do Monday morning to increase the motivation, morale and productivity of their staff.
There comes a point when doing well is no longer enough.
You know you are capable of more. You may even know what you need to do. Yet somehow, you keep finding yourself on the same plateau, repeating familiar patterns, choosing comfort over challenge, and mistaking activity for progress.
The Call to Climb is a powerful keynote about what it takes to break through the invisible ceilings that keep capable people from becoming exceptional.
Through powerful storytelling, psychology, and lessons from the climb, James Robbins challenges audiences to examine the beliefs, habits, and choices that quietly determine how high they go.
This is not about pushing harder or simply getting motivated. It is about recognizing the gap between your current level of performance and your true potential, then developing the courage, clarity, and discipline to close it.
Because every meaningful climb eventually asks the same question:
Will you stay where you’re comfortable, or get out of your tent and answer the call to climb?
What audiences walk away with:
Best For: Conference Keynotes, Sales teams, leaders, high-potential employees, performance-driven cultures
Nine Minutes on Monday
The leadership ritual that moves managers from task work to people work
Most managers don’t stop caring about their people. They stop getting to them.
The week starts, the queue fills, and the things that are urgent crowd out the things that build a team. Not one of them intends it. But by Friday, the coaching conversation didn’t happen, the recognition went unsaid, and the person who was quietly checking out went unnoticed for another week.
The problem isn’t a knowledge gap. Most managers already know they should be developing their people. The problem is that people work has no forcing function, and task work has fifty of them.
In this presentation, participants learn the nine engagement drivers — the specific needs that determine whether someone gives their job compliance or commitment.
Second, they build the ritual. Nine minutes, every Monday morning, before the week takes over. It’s short enough to survive a real calendar and structured enough to change behavior — a weekly prompt that turns intention into a specific action for a specific person. Managers stop hoping they’ll get to their people and start scheduling it.
James Robbins has taught this system to managers across healthcare, manufacturing, banking, energy, and government — including thousands of technical experts promoted into leadership who never signed up to manage people.
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Go beyond inspiration and into transformation. James’ hands-on workshops equip your leaders with actionable tools and real-time coaching to drive lasting change in leadership, culture, and performance.
Help your managers lead with impact—even on their busiest days.
This practical, fast-paced session gives leaders a simple weekly rhythm to boost morale, sharpen focus, and drive real engagement. Based on James Robbins’ bestselling book, the workshop delivers a powerful framework your managers can apply in just nine minutes a week—no fluff, just tools that work.
James needs the following: A wireless lavalier microphone or headset, a projector for his computer, and a sound connection for his laptop. In workshop settings he also needs a flip chart and markers.
James’ fee depends on a couple of things such as which program he is delivering, and the location of the meeting. But it falls between $15,000 – $25,000 depending on a few factors. It’s best to speak with him directly so he can accurately give you a price for your specific event.
Yes, James does this when his schedule allows.
James Robbins is an award-winning keynote speaker, leadership strategist, and bestselling author who helps individuals and organizations reach new heights. Named one of the Top 100 Leadership Speakers by Inc. Magazine, James blends compelling storytelling with practical psychology to deliver keynotes that don’t just inform—they transform.
Over the past two decades, James has equipped more than 50,000 leaders across industries—from Fortune 500s to frontline teams—with the tools to lead with clarity, purpose, and impact. His relatable, down-to-earth style resonates deeply with audiences, making complex ideas stick and sparking real behavioral change.
